Scientific Output
Journal Articles.
2026J. Drug Deliv. Sci. Technol.
Revolutionizing Food Safety: A Systematic Review of Nanotechnology-Based Aflatoxin Detection (2010–2023)
Temitope R Fagbohun, Oluwasola A Adelusi, Oluwafemi Ayodeji Adebo, Clarence Yah, Velaphi C Thipe, Kattesh V Katti, Patrick B Njobeh
2026J. Drug Deliv. Sci. Technol.
Gunnera perpensa L. - mediated gold nanoparticles with enhanced anti-gonococcal activity
Tanyaradzwa Tiandra Dembetembe, Danielle Twilley, Jacqueline Maphutha, Marco Nuno De Canha, Velaphi Clement Thipe, Vusani Mandiwana, Michel Lonji Kalombo, Rirhandzu Rikhotso, Suprakas Sinha Ray, Namrita Lall, Quenton Kritzinger
2026Nanotechnology, Science and Applications
Green Nanotechnology and Phytochemical Mediated Production of Ketone Encapsulated Protein Nanoparticles—in vitro and in vivo Bioavailability Investigations
Alice Raphael Karikachery, Kavita K Katti, Velaphi C Thipe, Prajna Hegde, Deepa Prakash, Anantkumar Hegde, Alton Michael Chesne, Kattesh V Katti
2025Recent Progress in Nutrition
Attenuation of Blood Glucose by Ketone Monoesters in Healthy Male Sprague Dawley Rats in Response to a Standard Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
Richard J Bloomer, Alice Raphael Karikachery, Velaphi C Thipe, Kavita K Katti, Kattesh V Katti, MR Harsha, Vaidy Vaidyanathan, Caleb M Schmidt, Michael A Schmidt
2025J. Mater. Chem. B
Immunomodulatory and tumor-targeting palladium nanoparticles functionalized with resveratrol via green nanotechnology: synthesis, mechanisms, and in vivo therapeutic evaluation
Velaphi C. Thipe, Alice Raphael Karikachery, Kavita Katti, Kattesh V. Katti
2025J. Mater. Chem. B
Immunomodulatory green nanomedicine production, tumor cellular targeting, in vivo biodistributions and preclinical therapeutic efficacy investigations of resveratrol-functionalized gold and theranostic 198gold nanoparticles
Tamer M Sakr, Velaphi C Thipe, Kavita K Katti, Lisa Watkinson, Terry Carmack, Charles J Smith, Cathy Cutler, Prajna Hegde, Anantkumar Hegde, Ademar B Lugão, Kattesh V Katti
2024Nanotechnol Sci Appl.
Green Nanotechnology Through Papain Nanoparticles: Preclinical in vitro and in vivo Evaluation of Imaging Triple-Negative Breast Tumors
Aryel H Ferreira, Fábio LN Marques, Caroline C Real, Velaphi C Thipe, Lucas F Freitas, Caroline SA Lima, Larissa Estessi de Souza, Mara S Junqueira, Daniele de Paula Faria, Gustavo HC Varca, Ademar B Lugão, Kattesh V Katti
2024Nanotechnol Sci Appl.
Nano-Ayurvedic Medicine Approaches Using Ginkgo biloba-Phytochemicals Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles Against Breast Cancer
Velaphi C Thipe, Nya Hall, Amoolya Pandurangi, Samuel Ajayi, Prosper Emeh, Iti Gauttam, Rania Ghamgui, Fatima Hameedat, Sihem Khelil, Nhu Ky Ly, Mahmoud Salim, Anum Shahid Waleed, Prajna Hegde, Vrushali Hegde, Deepa Prakash, Ilaadevi Hegde, Kavita Katti, Alice Raphael Karikachery, Emilie Roger, Anne Landreau, Kattesh V Katti
2024Nanotechnol Sci Appl.
Antihistamine and Wound Healing Potential of Gold Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd
Marizé Cuyler, Danielle Twilley, Velaphi C Thipe, Vusani Mandiwana, Michel L Kalombo, Suprakas S Ray, Rirhandzu Shamaine Rikhotso-Mbungela, Arno Janse van Vuuren, Will Coetsee, Kattesh V Katti, Namrita Lall
2024Front. Microbiol.
Advances in silver nanoparticles: a comprehensive review on their potential as antimicrobial agents and their mechanisms of action elucidated by proteomics
Adriana S Rodrigues, Jorge GS Batista, Murilo ÁV Rodrigues, Velaphi C Thipe, Luciene AR Minarini, Patricia S Lopes, Ademar B Lugão
2024Clin. Res. Hepatol. Gastroenterol.
Preclinical human and murine models of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
Pharidah Rajan Ibrahim Omar Sundi, Velaphi C Thipe, Mohamed Abdullahi Omar, Temitope Isaac Adelusi, Jalene Gedefa, Olamide T Olaoba
2024S Afr J Bot.
Anti-inflammatory and antiproliferative activity of Helichrysum odoratissimum sweet. Against lung cancer
Tenille Esmear, Danielle Twilley, Velaphi Clement Thipe, Kattesh V. Katti, Vusani Mandiwana, Michel Lonji Kalombo, Suprakas Sinha Ray, Rirhandzu Rikhotso-Mbungela, Venugopal Reddy Bovilla, SubbaRao Madhunapantula, Lenka Langhanshova, Catarina Roma-Rodrigues, Alexandra R. Fernandes, Pedro Baptista, Silvestre Hlati, Judey Pretorius, Namrita Lall
2022J Drug Deliv Sci Technol.
Green nanotechnology—An innovative pathway towards biocompatible and medically relevant gold nanoparticles
Velaphi C. Thipe, Alice Raphael Karikachery, Pınar Çakılkaya, Umer Farooq, Hussein H.Genedy, Norraseth Kaeokhamloed, Dieu-Hien Phan, Refaya Rezwan, Gözde Tezcan, Emilie Roger, Kattesh V. Katti
2022Pharmaceuticals
Targeting Acne Bacteria and Wound Healing In Vitro Using Plectranthus aliciae, Rosmarinic Acid, and Tetracycline Gold Nanoparticles
Isa A. Lambrechts, Velaphi C. Thipe, Kattesh V. Katti, Vusani Mandiwana, Michel Lonji Kalombo, Suprakas Sinha Ray, Rirhandzu Rikhotso, Arno Janse van Vuuren, Tenille Esmear, Namrita Lall
2022ACS Omega
Use of Sugar Cane Bagasse as Solid Extraction Phase Sorbent to Analyze Hormones from Industrial Effluent
Daniel T. Lebre, Velaphi C. Thipe, Marycel E. B. Cotrim, and José Oscar V. Bustillos
2021Front. Oncol.
Recent Advances in Brachytherapy Using Radioactive Nanoparticles: An Alternative to Seed-Based Brachytherapy
Baljeet Seniwal, Velaphi C. Thipe, Sukhvir Singh, Telma C. F. Fonseca, Lucas Freitas de Freitas
2021Int J Nanomedicine
Water-Soluble Chitosan Conjugated DOTA- Bombesin Peptide Capped Gold Nanoparticles as a Targeted Therapeutic Agent for Prostate Cancer
Theeranan Tangthong, Thananchai Piroonpan, Velaphi C. Thipe, Menka Khoobchandani, Kavita Katti, Kattesh V Katti, and Wanvimol Pasanphan
2021Int J Nanomedicine
Bombesin Peptide Conjugated Water-Soluble Chitosan Gallate—A New Nanopharmaceutical Architecture for the Rapid One-Pot Synthesis of Prostate Tumor Targeted Gold Nanoparticles
Tangthong T, Piroonpan T, Thipe VC, Khoobchandani M, Katti K, Katti KV, Pasanphan W
2021Sci. Rep.
Green nanotechnology of MGF-AuNPs for immunomodulatory intervention in prostate cancer therapy
Menka Khoobchandani, Aslam Khan, Kavita K. Katti, Velaphi C. Thipe, Amal Y. Al-Yasiri, Darsha K. D. Mohan Doss, Michael B. Nicholl, Ademar B. Lugão, Chetan P. Hans, Kattesh V. Katti
2021Nanomaterials
The State of the Art of Theranostic Nanomaterials for Lung, Breast, and Prostate Cancers
Lucas F. Freitas, Aryel H. Ferreira, Velaphi C. Thipe, Gustavo H.C. Varca, Caroline S.A. Lima, Jorge G.S. Batista, Fabiane N. Riello, Kamila Nogueira, Cassia P. C. Cruz, Giovanna O. A. Mendes, Adriana S. Rodrigues, Thayna S. Sousa, Victoria M. Alves, Ademar B Lugao
2021Front Cell Dev Biol
The Activity of Gold Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Helichrysum odoratissimum Against Cutibacterium acnes Biofilms
Marco Nuno De Canha, Velaphi C. Thipe, Kattesh V. Katti, Vusani Mandiwana, Michel Lonji Kalombo, Suprakas Sinha Ray, Rirhandzu Rikhotso, Arno Janse van Vuuren, Namrita Lall
2021Nanomedicine
Green synthesis of gold nanoparticles using Acai berry and Elderberry extracts and investigation of their effect on prostate and pancreatic cancer cells
Nicole Remaliah Samantha Sibuyi, Velaphi Clement Thipe, Kiandokht Panjtan-Amiri, Mervin Meyer, Kattesh V. Katti
2020Int J Nanomedicine
Species-Specific in vitro and in vivo Evaluation of Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles Stabilized with Gum Arabic Protein
Joana S Maziero, Velaphi C Thipe, Sizue O Rogero, Adriana K Cavalcante, Kelme C Damasceno, Matheus B Ormenio, Gisela A Martini, Jorge G S Batista, William Viveiros, Kavita K Katti, Alice Raphael Karikachery, DarshaKumar Dhurvas Mohandoss, Rashmi DarshaKumar Dhurvas, Mohanavelu Nappinnai, José R Rogero, Ademar B Lugão, and Kattesh V Katti
2020Int J Nanomedicine
New Approaches in Breast Cancer Therapy Through Green Nanotechnology and Nano-Ayurvedic Medicine – Pre-Clinical and Pilot Human Clinical Investigations
Khoobchandani, Menka; Katti, Kavita K; Alice Raphael Karikachery; Thipe, Velaphi C; Sriramulu, Deepak; Darshan Kumar, Dhruva’s Mohandas, Rashmi Dhurvas Darshakumar, Chintamani M Joshi, Kattesh V Katti
2020Heliyon
The use of plant extracts and their phytochemicals for control of toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins
Rhulani Makhuvele, Kayleen Naidu, Sefater Gbashi, Velaphi C. Thipe, Oluwafemi A. Adebo, Patrick B. Njobeh
2019Int J Nanomedicine
Development of resveratrol conjugated gold nanoparticles— Interrelationship of increased resveratrol corona on anti- tumor efficacy against breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers
Thipe V.C., Panjtan Amiri K., Bloebaum, Pierce., Raphael Karikachery, A.K., Khoobchandani, M, Katti, K.K., Jurisson, S., Katti, K.V.
2018J. Radio anal. Null. Chem.
Prostate tumor therapy advances in nuclear medicine: green nanotechnology toward the design of tumor specific radioactive gold nanoparticles
Katti K.V., Khoobchandani M., Thipe V.C., Al-Yasir A.Y., Katti K.K., Loyola S.K., SEAKR T.M., Lugao A.B.
2015Materials today: Proceedings
Optimization of commercial antibiotic agents using gold nanoparticles against toxigenic Aspergillus spp
Thipe V.C., Njobeh P.B., Mhlanga S.D.